Lux 8 Does Remember Zoom Setting – If You Let it!

[dunfr]

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A common (and fair) criticism of the Leica D-Lux 8 is that it doesn’t retain the previous zoom setting when powered off—it always resets to the default 24mm.

 

Well, today I discovered something interesting: If you let the camera enter standby mode automatically instead of switching it off manually, it does remember the previous zoom setting!

 

Here’s what worked for me:

 

1. Go to the Power Save Mode settings:
   • Standby Mode: ON
   • Auto Power Off: Set to your preference (e.g. 2 minutes, which is factory default).
2. Let the camera turn off on its own—don’t use the physical power switch.
3. When you turn it back on, the lens zoom position returns to where you left it, not the default 24mm!

 

 

This suggests the D-Lux 8 stores the zoom state during automatic power-down but not during manual shutdown.

 

This might be a useful workaround for those who prefer starting at a specific focal length. Hope this helps others as much as it did me!

Edited July 27 by dunfr
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[tom0511]

Thank you. Interesting. And it makes me also assume that it should not be too difficult to store the setting when powering it off/on. 

[Alexander108]

This is great. It works! 

In my case there is no Standby option in the menu. 

[dunfr]

Main menu- 5

Camera settings: Power Saving: 

That should help you find it. Or page 59 of the manual.

[Alexander108]

I have only "Auto Power Off" and "Display/AF Auto Off" in this menu. Maybe they have renamed it to the latter. But not an issue. It does work.

Edited July 28 by Alexander108

[starcolony]

Just tested on my DL8.  Works!

Instead of a sleep mode, that awakens with a press of the shutter button, the camera auto-powers off, but remembers the last lens position, during the next power-up.

Brilliant! I would prefer a selectable zoom-resume setting, and a true sleep mode, to remember other settings, but this works effectively as a basic zoom-resume feature.

Just don't manually power down, as it will forget the last lens setting.

cheers